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Enrollment
809
Middle
DISTRICT 770 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGS LOCAL·NCES 390504300921
Columbia Intermediate School
8263 Columbia Rd, Kings Mills, OH 45034 · (513) 398-8050 · Warren County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL809 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Ohio public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
183 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 394 | 49% |
| Grade 6 | 415 | 51% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kings Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
82.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.9% | 85.2% |
| 2022-23 | 81.6% | 83.2% |
| 2021-22 | 80.8% | 82.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Columbia Intermediate School
Columbia Intermediate School's state test result (82.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Intermediate School this school | 809 | 22.6% | 82.6% |
| Kings Junior High School Kings Mills | 730 | 24.2% | 79.0% |
| Hadley E Watts Middle School Dayton | 777 | 26.3% | 74.3% |
| Sycamore Junior High School Cincinnati | 921 | 16.8% | 86.1% |
| Strongsville Middle School Strongsville | 1,327 | 27.8% | 79.4% |
| Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School Cincinnati | 996 | 18.7% | 86.4% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Columbia Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #55 of 316 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #104 of 637 ▼ 36 | #5 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #129 of 637 ▼ 66 | #3 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #107 of 629 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 809 | #76 of 654 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #556 of 577 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #197 of 579 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.6% | #256 of 319 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.1% | #32 of 169 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
809
+117 (+17%) vs 2020
+40% since 2000-01, when it was 579
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 19.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 809 | 34.7 | 23.3:1 | 23% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 36.3 | 21.1:1 | 23% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 33.3 | 21.2:1 | 18% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 35 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 33.5 | 19.5:1 | 19% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 21% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 24% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 8% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (652 to 809); teachers up 4% (33.5 to 34.7).
About Columbia Intermediate School
Columbia Intermediate School is a large middle school serving families in Kings Mills, Ohio. It had 809 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 6. That compares with an average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Enrollment across the 7 schools in Kings Local totals 5,073 students.
About 74% of the student body at Columbia Intermediate School is White. Other students are 13% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, Warren County residents are about 83% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.3:1. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Warren County is similar, at 24%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Columbia Intermediate School outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Columbia Intermediate School, the prediction is 80.3% and the result is 82.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Warren County show that median household income comes to about $110,132, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 45, with about 39,898 students.
J F Burns Elementary School is the nearest public school to Columbia Intermediate School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Columbia Intermediate School is behind the 83.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment increased 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 23.3:1, from 19.8:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
250,008
Census ACS
Median income
$110,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
39,898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kings Local
- Kings High SchoolHigh · 1,457 students
- J F Burns Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- Kings Junior High SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Kings Mills Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- South Lebanon Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- Kings Mills Educational CenterElementary · 180 students
Other schools in Kings Mills
- Kings High SchoolHigh · 1,457 students
- J F Burns Elementary SchoolElementary · 807 students
- Kings Junior High SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Kings Mills Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Kings Mills Educational CenterElementary · 180 students
Nearby schools
- J F Burns Elementary School0.2 mi · 807
- Mason Middle School2.3 mi · 1,637
- Mason Intermediate Elementary School2.5 mi · 3,086
- Symmes Elementary School2.6 mi · 656
- Loveland High School2.6 mi · 1,203
- William Mason High School2.6 mi · 3,435
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Columbia Intermediate School?
Columbia Intermediate School enrolls approximately 809 students in grades 05-06.
Is Columbia Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbia Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Columbia Intermediate School have?
Columbia Intermediate School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Columbia Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Columbia Intermediate School are roughly 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Columbia Intermediate School?
Columbia Intermediate School is overseen by Kings Local in Warren County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.